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Table 2 Camel milk marketed and its sales value (in USD)

From: Camel milk production and marketing: Pastoral areas of Afar, Ethiopia

Variables

Nh = 82, Nm = 12

Minimum

Maximum

Mean (STD)

Amount of milk sold by herder per day

4

30

14.3 (8.17)

Camel milk selling price by herder

0.83

1.16

0.95 (0.12)

Amount of milk sold by middlemen per day

20

100

35.8 (28.32)

Camel milk selling price by middlemen

1.16

1.39

1.22 (0.10)

Camel herder income generated per day

3.71

34.80

13.97 (8.81)

Camel middlemen income generated per day

23.20

139.20

43.85 (31.77)

  1. Nh number of camel milk seller respondents, Nm number of camel milk middlemen, STD standard deviation of the mean; 1 ETB = 0.0464 USD at study period
  2. Source: Survey Data, 2017